Manuscript History of Brigham Young, 1847-1850

Salt Lake City: Collier's Publishing Company, 1997. First Edition. 368pp. Octavo [22 cm] Dark blue buckram with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Brigham Young (1801-1877), was the second President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and first Governor of Utah, was the founder and chief builder of the Intermountain West and the Great Basin. He is recognized as one of the foremost colonizers and empire builders of all time.